Sierra Resource Conservation District on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Sierra Resource Conservation District
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last updated: October 2020

MISSION
The mission and function of the Sierra Resource Conservation Districtis to take available technical, financial and educational resources whatever their source and focus or coordinate them at the local level to meet the present and future natural resource needs of the local land user.

To accomplish this, SRCD maintains working relationships with Federal, State and County Agencies and Departments, non-profit organizations, educational institutions which have natural resource duties and responsibilities under law, and with public and private landowners to save the basic resources, soil, water, and air of the state from unreasonable and economically preventable waste and destruction.

Private lands and the protection and conservation of critical natural resources on private lands are greatly affected by the policies and practices of the State and Federal agencies. Most effective conservation practices will involve both the public and private land ownerships.The SRCD can and does act as a liaison between the private landowner and a multitude of land use programs to meet natural resource objectives.

Resource Conservation Districts were created to develop and further ongoing programs designed to conserve natural resources. The Sierra RCD is an autonomous self-governing body. There is no taxing authority, by agreement, at the time of establishment. It is truly a “grass-roots” organization dedicated to serving both the private and public interest.

The original Sierra Resource Conservation District (SRCD) was established in March of 1957, as a legally constituted unit under the State of California. Since that time a number of land areas were added to the original area before consolidating with Navelencia Resource Conservation District June 23, 2008.

The Navelencia Resource Conservation District (NRCD) was consolidated with SRCD by the Fresno LAFCO on June 23rd, 2008.

The NRCD was formed in October 1956 and later had a number of sections added to the original area before consolidation with Sierra RCD. The resultant Resource Conservation District retained the Sierra RCD name, with a new Board of Directors and Officers.

In 2017, SRCD was awarded District of the Year by the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts. The District’s accomplishments included spreading awareness of their mission, building a biomass utilization campus, working with RCD’s, RC&D’s, and other partners to build collaboration, pull resources together, mentor, and overcome jurisdictional boundaries to be regionally effective in addressing problems.

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